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Online games are games played over some form of computer network typically the Internet. Many mancala games can be played online.

"Online gaming is a technology rather than a genre; a mechanism for connecting players together rather than a particular pattern of gameplay."

Andrew Rollings & Ernest Adams (2006)

Computer Opponents

**Java Applets**
Game	Web site	Notes
Afrika	Super Duper Games	registration required
Awari	Awari Oracle	perfect play, but applet doesn't work in many browsers
Bao	BAWO - Simple Perplexity	called "Bawo"
Bohnenspiel	Brett- und Kartenspiele (Malters Langenegger)	---
Bohnenspiel	Spiele-himmel.de	---
Bohnenspiel	onlinespiele.org	obnoxious pop-ups
Cups	David Bunker's Homepage	only 2x4
Diffusion	Super Duper Games	registration required
Igisoro	Le site de Gregory Letaille	---
Ioiwari	Soluzione problema IOIWari	solution to an Ioiwari problem
Kalah	Björn's Kalaha Game	called "Kalaha"
Kalah	Mancala Page	called "Mancala"
Kalah	Stephen Houser	called "Mancala"
Kalah	Kalaha for Java	called "Kalaha"; flawed (at the end only the seeds in the store are counted)
Kalah	Gobo Mancala	plays like "a distracted monkey"
Kalah	JGames!	called "Mancala"; obnoxious pop-ups
Kalah	Homepage of Silke & Wolfgang Stickler	called "Kalaha"
Kalah	African Stones Applet	called "African Stones Game"
Kalah	Mankala	called "Mankala"
Kalah	Kalah	Prof. Dr. R. Grothman claims that "Kalah is an oriental game traditionally plays with diamonds"!
Kalah	Look out now!	called "Mancala"
Kalah	100 JavaScript Online Games	called "Mancala"
Kalah	SWAK - Kid's Corner	called "Mancala"
Kalah	Copleys Web Graphics	called "Awari"
Kalah	Corngolem	called "Mancala"
Kalah	Rocketsnail Games	called "Mancala"
Kalah	Project 4: Mancala Applet	called "Mancala"; clockwise play
Kalah	Doug Rogers' Personal Homepage	called "Mancala"
Kalah	Timothy Bahls' Homepage	called "Mancala"; many variations
Kalah	Jeff Anway's Homepage	called "Mancala"
Kalah	Nathaniel Bird - Mancala Playing Agent	called "Mancala"
Kauri	[igGameCenter]	strong opponent
MiniMancala	mindsports.nl	perfect play
MiniMancala	Archimedes-lab.com	claims erroneously that "mancala" is 7,000 years old
Murus Gallicus	igGameCenter	see here
Oware	British Museum	called "Wari"
Oware	interJEUX.net	called "Awele"
Oware	Alewand	called "Bohnenspiel"
Sungka	Pl4n3s world	doesn't run on IE; odd rules (starts with 3 seeds in each store (!) and just 5 seeds in each hole]
Toguz Kumalak	Frumpppy Old Woman	called "Togiz Kumalak"
Toguz Kumalak	Togiz Kumalak as an Applet	---
Toguz Kumalak	Togiz Kumalak	---

Human Players

**List of games & gaming communities**
Game	Community	Mode	Ranking	Tournaments	Archives	Recommended	Notes
55Stones	Super Duper Games	turn-based	yes	no	yes	no	good web interface; statistics; wrong rules (sente and gote doesn't work properly) ^{free site}
Afrika	Super Duper Games	turn-based	yes	no	yes	yes	good web interface; robot or human opponent; statistics ^{free site}
Alemungula	igGameCenter	real time	yes	no	no	yes	good graphical web interface; game statistics ^{free site}
Bao la Kiswahili	Baogame	real time	no	no	yes	no	robot or human opponent; wrong rules** ^{free site}
Bao la Kiswahili	Klubo Internacia de Bao-Amantoj (KIBA)	turn-based	yes	no	yes	yes	Italian site in English, Italian and Swahili ^{free site}
Bohnenspiel	games.wtanaka.com	turn-based	yes	no	yes	no	games are played blind because the contents of a hole cannot be counted ^{free site}
Bohnenspiel	igGameCenter	real time	yes	no	no	yes	good graphical web interface; game statistics ^{free site}
Cascades	Super Duper Games	turn-based	yes	no	yes	yes	good web interface; statistics ^{free site}
Cross-Kalah	Grand Games	real time	yes	no	no	yes	6 counters per hole ^{free site}
Cross-Kalah	igGameCenter	real time	yes	no	no	yes	3, 4, 5 or 6 counters per hole; includes the "empty capture" variation; game statistics; good graphical web interface ^{free site}
Cups	BrettspielWelt	real time	yes	yes	no	yes	called "BohnDuell" or "Bohnenduell"; 2x4 board ^{free site}
Diffusion	GamesByEMail	turn-based	no	no	no	no	wrong rules (players can offer a draw, although the inventor stated: "Draws and ties cannot occur") ^{free site}
Diffusion	games.wtanaka.com	turn-based	yes	no	yes	no	includes several variants (beginners, different location of blocks); games are played blind because the contents of a hole cannot be counted ^{free site}
Diffusion	Richard's Play-By-eMail Server	turn-based	yes	no	no	no	no graphical web interface! ^{free site}
Diffusion	Super Duper Games	turn-based	yes	no	yes	yes	good web interface; statistics ^{free site}
Exxit	BoardSpace	real time	yes	no	yes	yes	robot ^{free site}
Exxit	Boîte à jeux	turn-based	yes	yes	no	yes	--- ^{free site}
Glass Bead Game	MindSports	turn-based	yes	no	yes	no	buggy (illegal moves are permitted) ^{free site}
Hawalis	igGameCenter	real time	yes	no	no	yes	good graphical web interface; game statistics ^{free site}
Inchworm	Super Duper Games	turn-based	yes	no	yes	no	good web interface; statistics; the game, however, is flawed! ^{free site}
Intermedium	Super Duper Games	turn-based	yes	no	yes	yes	good web interface; games archive & statistics ^{free site}
Kalah	Aapeli (Playray)	real time	yes	no	no	no	called "mancala"; only 4 counters per hole; no pie rule or other balancing! ^{pay site (basic access free)}
Kalah	BrainKing	turn-based	yes	yes	no	no	called "mancala"; only 4 counters per hole; no pie rule or other balancing! ^{pay site (basic access free)}
Kalah	BugCafe	real time	yes	yes	no	no	called "mancala"; only 4 counters per hole; no pie rule or other balancing! ^{free site}
Kalah	Flat Earth Communications	real time	no	no	no	no	called "mancala"; only 3 counters per hole; robot or human opponent; ugly interface; no pie rule or other balancing! ^{free site}
Kalah	igGameCenter	real time	yes	no	no	yes	3, 4, 5 or 6 counters per hole; includes the "empty capture" variation; pie rule; game statistics; good graphical web interface ^{free site}
Kalah	jatek.hu	real time	yes	no	no	no	called "Batumi; no pie rule or other balancing! ^{free site}
Kalah	Grand Games	real time	yes	no	no	no	6 counters per hole; no pie rule or other balancing! ^{free site}
Kalah	Mancala Time	real time	yes	no	no	no	called "mancala"; 3,4, 5 or 6 counters per hole; no pie rule or other balancing! ^{free site}
Kalah	playray.com	real time	yes	no	no	no	less traffic than the German sister site; called "mancala"; only 4 counters per hole; no pie rule or other balancing! ^{pay site (basic access free)}
Kalah	playray.de	real time	yes	no	no	no	called "mancala"; only 4 counters per hole; no pie rule or other balancing! ^{pay site (basic access free)}
Kalah	playray.se	real time	yes	no	no	no	less traffic than the German sister site; called "mancala"; only 4 counters per hole; no pie rule or other balancing! ^{pay site (basic access free)}
Kalah	spin.de	real time	yes	no	no	no	called "mancala"; 3-8 counters per hole; robot or human opponent; wrong rules (confused with Oware); no pie rule or other balancing! ^{pay site (basic access free)}
Kalah	Vying	turn-based	yes	yes	yes	yes	3, 4, 5 or 6 counters per hole; pie rule ^{pay site (basic access free)}
Kauri	igGameCenter	real time	yes	no	no	yes	good graphical web interface; game statistics ^{free site}
Murus Gallicus	igGameCenter	real time	yes	no	no	yes	good graphical web interface; game statistics ^{free site}
Oware	AwaNet	real time	yes	no	no	no	called "Awale"; no Abapa rules! (Grand Slams are illegal and cycling seeds aren't counted) ^{pay site}
Oware	Brettspielnetz	turn-based	yes	yes	no	no	no Abapa rules though wrongly claimed! (Grand Slams are illegal and cycling seeds are split in an irregular manner) ^{pay site (basic access free)}
Oware	Ethnoludie	real time	no	no	no	no	called "Awalé"; robot or human opponent; no Abapa rules! (Grand Slam captures) ^{free site}
Oware	igGameCenter	real time	yes	no	no	yes	Abapa rules; good graphical web interface; game statistics ^{free site}
Oware	jatek.hu	real time	yes	no	no	no	in the "Mankala" room; called "Woaley" ^{free site}
Oware	Jijbent.nl	turn-based	yes	yes	no	no	no Abapa rules though wrongly claimed! (Grand Slams are illegal and cycling seeds are split in an irregular manner) ^{pay site (basic access free)}
Oware	Ludoteka	real time	yes	no	no	yes	Abapa rules; offers the possibility to continue the game even after one player has captured 25 seeds or more ^{pay site (basic access free)}
Oware	PlayOK	real time	(yes)*	yes	no	yes	Abapa rules; called "Mancala" at PlayOK ^{free site}
Oware	Richard's Play-By-eMail Server	turn-based	yes	no	no	no	called "Warri"; no graphical web interface; no Abapa rules! (Grand Slam captures) ^{free site}
Oware	Vying	turn-based	yes	yes	yes	yes	Abapa rules; robot or human opponent ^{pay site (basic access free)}
Oware	Your Turn My Turn	turn-based	yes	yes	no	no	no Abapa rules though wrongly claimed! (Grand Slams are illegal and cycling seeds are split in an irregular manner) ^{pay site (basic access free)}
Oware	Yucata	turn-based	yes	yes	no	no	called "Awale" at Yucata; no Abapa rules! (Grand Slam is illegal) ^{free site}
Pilare	igGameCenter	real time	yes	no	no	yes	good graphical web interface; game statistics ^{free site}
Slime Trail	igGameCenter	real time	yes	yes	no	yes	good graphical web interface; game statistics ^{free site}
Snail Trail	igGameCenter	real time	yes	yes	no	no	original rules changed; game statistics ^{free site}
Progressive Mancala	games.wtanaka.com	turn-based	yes	no	yes	no	only the beginner's small board version; games are played blind because the contents of a hole cannot be counted ^{free site}
Toguz Kumalak	igGameCenter	real time	yes	yes	no	yes	good graphical web interface; game statistics ^{free site}
Tumbling Down	BoardSpace	real time	yes	no	yes	yes	misspelled "Tumblingdown"; robot ^{free site}
Tumbling Down	Richard's Play-By-eMail Server	turn-based	yes	no	no	no	no graphical web interface! ^{free site}
Vai Lung Thlan	igGameCenter	real time	yes	yes	no	yes	good graphical web interface; game statistics ^{free site}
Volcano	BoardSpace	real time	yes	no	yes	yes	robot or human opponent ^{free site}
Volcano	games.wtanaka.com	turn-based	yes	no	yes	yes	solitaire or multi-player ^{free site}
Volcano	Super Duper Games	turn-based	no	no	yes	yes	including Mega Volcano; game statistics ^{free site}
ZigZag	Richard's Play-By-eMail Server	turn-based	yes	no	no	no	no graphical web interface! ^{free site}

Notes:

* Ranking only visible of those players, which are online.

** Reason(s) for not being recommended are given in bold letters.

**General comparison between the gaming communities**
Community	Games (Total)	Perfect Abstracts*	Mancala Games	Two-dimensional Sowing Games	Alexa Traffic Rank (Domain)
Aapeli (Playray)	34****	10	1	0	35,352
AwaNet	1	1	1	0	no data
Baogame	1	1	1	0	14,223,783
Boîte à jeux	19	9	0	1	955,191
BoardSpace	34	28	0	3	3,081,555
BrainKing	116***	89***	1	0	172,623
Brettspielnetz	33***	15***	1	0	1,818,075
BrettspielWelt	77	4	1	0	79,596
BugCafe	192	4	1	0	414,883
Ethnoludie	5	2	1	0	26,061,779
Flat Earth Communications	1	1	1	0	9,664,617
GamesByEMail	41	30	1	0	157,808
games.wtanaka.com	28****	21***	3	1	306,040**
igGameCenter	125	121	8	2	2,887,279
jatek.hu	30	7	2	0	932,890
Jijbent.nl	49***	21***	1	0	295,808
Ludoteka	59	28	1	0	20,819
MindSports	17	17	1	0	5,134,339
playray.com	33****	10	1	0	163,245
playray.de	33****	10	1	0	47,692
playray.se	33****	10	1	0	3,021,791
Richard's PBeM Server	235****	200	3	1	1,270,602
Klubo Internacia de Bao-Amantoj (KIBA)	1	1	1	0	2,068,337
Mancala Time	1	1	1	0	10,586,648
spin.de	15	6	1	0	5,558
Super Duper Games	116	99	3	3	3,282,037
Vying	19	18	2	0	4,412,538
Your Turn My Turn	38	19	1	0	808,649
Yucata	52	15	1	0	286,072

Notes:

* "Perfect abstracts" are abstract strategy games for two players or teams with perfect and complete information, no chance and no manual dexterity required.

** The game site, however, has very low traffic (a total of less than 40 games per month).

*** Minor variants such as Go (19x19) and Go (9x9) or Diffusion and Diffusion v2 are counted as one game.

**** Without solitaires.

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